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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Christi Carras

Dwayne Johnson calls Joe Rogan support a ‘learning moment’ after N-word footage

Dwayne Johnson is rethinking his prior support of Joe Rogan after learning that the controversial podcast host repeatedly used the N-word on his show.

On Friday evening, the movie star said he was “not aware” of Rogan’s history of using the racist slur when he publicly praised Rogan’s response to the growing Spotify boycott last month. Rogan apologized Saturday after musician India Arie shared a video montage of him saying the N-word about 20 times on his podcast throughout the years.

“Thank you so much for this,” Johnson replied Friday to a tweet from author Don Winslow reprimanding him for defending Rogan.

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